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did he not watch those debates? has he never seen mitt romney debate? >> i think that is a very good question, piers, because you would think that in talking about the preparation, you would take a look at all of the debates and actually, the one with newt gingrich is the one that i think they needed to take a look at, because that's where he eviscerated the speaker, and he did it by telling the blatant lies that newt gingrich actually talked about the next day. so he should have been prepared for those kinds of attacks. he should not have looked surprised and he should have been much more deft at not just defending his own record and talking about where we have been and what he has done to shore up the middle class and what he will continue to do, but he should have absolutely brought up the 47%, his offshoring, the fact that mitt romney does not want to come clean on his income taxes and i think that would have been a much different debate. >> i can see that crystal is jumping in there. unfortunately, you can't do it just yet. we have to have a commer
did he not watch those debates? has he never seen mitt romney debate? >> i think that is a very good question, piers, because you would think that in talking about the preparation, you would take a look at all of the debates and actually, the one with newt gingrich is the one that i think they needed to take a look at, because that's where he eviscerated the speaker, and he did it by telling the blatant lies that newt gingrich actually talked about the next day. so he should have been...
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debate and say basically yes, mitt romney had a good debate but it was all a pack of lies. and he actually responded to the main lie allegation which is this thing that he's going to be apparently charging a $5 trillion tax cut to the american people, and you've got a -- not personally by name, but we now know it was you. let's just play a clip of this and see what your reaction is. >> well, actually, the president's charge of a $5 trillion tax cut is obviously inaccurate and wrong, because when he says this, let's look at all the rates you're lowering, and then he ignores the fact that i say we're also going to limit deductions and credits and exemptions. he ignores that part. obviously that was corrected by his deputy campaign manager, who said that she stipulated that in fact, the $5 trillion number was wrong. it's completely wrong. >> he's talking about you there, stephanie. >> he is. >> he says that you said it was wrong. >> that's right. right. piers, i'm really glad you brought that up. so there's this thing called math and here are mitt romney's tax cuts. if you add
debate and say basically yes, mitt romney had a good debate but it was all a pack of lies. and he actually responded to the main lie allegation which is this thing that he's going to be apparently charging a $5 trillion tax cut to the american people, and you've got a -- not personally by name, but we now know it was you. let's just play a clip of this and see what your reaction is. >> well, actually, the president's charge of a $5 trillion tax cut is obviously inaccurate and wrong,...
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on the eve of the biggest debate of this election, i talk to the romney boys. >> when you look at my dad and who he is and what he stands for, he's a man of great conviction. >> plus a man who says the president's just like mohammad ali in his prime. why he's not counting out barack obama. and policy meets religion. does america care that mitt romney is a mormon? franklin graham, betty graham's son, tells me about his meeting with mitt. also, he's in every election up close since the '60s. last time he was here, dan rather told me this. >> each of these campaigns is in a mode to be meaner than a mama wasp. >> keeping america great with one of the country's top entrepreneurs, martha stewart. >> i am 100% american. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, 22 days to go until the election and 24 hours before the second presidential debate, a town hall at hofstra university on long island, with undecided voters, if there are many of those left, asking the questions. cnn's candy crowley is moderating. this debate couldn't be more important. let's look at
on the eve of the biggest debate of this election, i talk to the romney boys. >> when you look at my dad and who he is and what he stands for, he's a man of great conviction. >> plus a man who says the president's just like mohammad ali in his prime. why he's not counting out barack obama. and policy meets religion. does america care that mitt romney is a mormon? franklin graham, betty graham's son, tells me about his meeting with mitt. also, he's in every election up close since...
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>> no, no, governor romney's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> president obama talking about zingers and trying to manage expectations for the debate. charles and ross are back to talk about whether that's a good strategy. i have a poll here about who's likely to win the debate and very clearly, people think that obama will, 55% to 31%. yet, i would say that the favorite really ought to be mitt romney, purely because he spent most of the year debating against very good debaters like newt gingrich and rick santorum and others. they were very capable opponents on a debate stage. barack obama hasn't done this for four years. so i would think the advantage would definitely be with the apparent underdog, a, because people don't think he's going to win and i think he may well win that first debate and secondly, because he's the more experienced debater. >> well, i think i would caution you a little bit. i think the president, when he has given kind of press interviews, that is a form of being pressed on things so maybe you're not deba
>> no, no, governor romney's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> president obama talking about zingers and trying to manage expectations for the debate. charles and ross are back to talk about whether that's a good strategy. i have a poll here about who's likely to win the debate and very clearly, people think that obama will, 55% to 31%. yet, i would say that the favorite really ought to be mitt romney, purely because he spent most of the year debating against very good debaters like...
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gone badly the first debate, could be all over for mitt romney. certainly not all over now. would you anticipate a tightening of the polls and a very, very close race now? >> i mean, it's certainly closer but there's always going to be good news and bad news, and so in trade, for example, the betting side, so obama's prospects fell slightly. i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second inning of a long, long ball game. >> when it gets to the foreign policy debate which is the last one, lots to discuss there, obviously, syria, also libya with ambassador stevens. but an interesting interview with john mccain. he's saying he's damned if he's going to give up freedom of speech because it may possibly offend the prophet muhammed. what do you make of that? >> well, he's certainly right on that. there's going to be no disagreement there. i think that the republicans are increasingly going to focus on what happened in libya, why there wasn't better securi
gone badly the first debate, could be all over for mitt romney. certainly not all over now. would you anticipate a tightening of the polls and a very, very close race now? >> i mean, it's certainly closer but there's always going to be good news and bad news, and so in trade, for example, the betting side, so obama's prospects fell slightly. i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second...
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don't expect a repeat of the fiery romney/obama debate confrontation this week. they prize jokes over attacks as the candidates poke fun at themselves and each other vying for votes with only 19 days to go until the election. >>> good evening. i'm wolf blitzer in for piers morgan. we are going to bring you all of the one-liners live. let's set the stage. i want to bring in gloria borger, ralph, tonya and jim acosta, our political correspondent standing outside the waldorf in new york. set the stage for us, jim. what are we about to see? >> reporter: the alfred smith dinner, we are told that speech will begin at 9:05. he gets to go first. the president gets to go second. as you've noted and as we've been reported, this is typically a light-hearted affair. we have been reporting all day long that the gop nominee was in debate prep for most of the day. i should report that i did hear from a senior romney adviser that said that mitt romney also worked on this speech for this evening. it was serious business earlier today when he was working on his material for later
don't expect a repeat of the fiery romney/obama debate confrontation this week. they prize jokes over attacks as the candidates poke fun at themselves and each other vying for votes with only 19 days to go until the election. >>> good evening. i'm wolf blitzer in for piers morgan. we are going to bring you all of the one-liners live. let's set the stage. i want to bring in gloria borger, ralph, tonya and jim acosta, our political correspondent standing outside the waldorf in new york....
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with just 29 days to go until the election, our big story tonight, mitt romney takes that post-debate bounce and boy, does he run with it. the latest pew poll conducted after last week's debate puts romney firmly in the lead of president obama, 49 to 45. in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meanly, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no time pressing his advantage, today hitting the president with tough talk on foreign policy, including the deadly attack on americans in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. no, as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists who use violence to impose their dark ideology on others, especially on women and girls who are fighting to control much of the middle east today and who seek to wage perpetual war on the west. >> joining m
with just 29 days to go until the election, our big story tonight, mitt romney takes that post-debate bounce and boy, does he run with it. the latest pew poll conducted after last week's debate puts romney firmly in the lead of president obama, 49 to 45. in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meanly, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no...
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if romney was to win that debate comfortably, it would be game over. >> yes, tonight's debate doesn't matter as much, last week's debate made. but a certain kind of element and momentum is forming. and if, say, joe biden had a miserable night and we had a couple of other days about the news stories on what happened to the obama administration, if they lost their mojo or moves, it could be -- one doesn't think -- >> and i like the guy and his style. he could have a brilliant debate. my prediction is, he is going to win. however, he has not done public interviews for five months. >> he has been keeping a low profile, but he has an advantage, everybody is talking about what a skilled debater ryan is, there are polls out saying he has a much higher approval rating. there is so much pressure on him to beat joe biden, that if joe biden comes out, he kind of wins. >> joe biden became a senator when paul ryan was three years old, i read. isn't that amazing? and let's play a clip from bill clinton, this was from last night. i thought he hit the nail on the head on how the democrats are perceiv
if romney was to win that debate comfortably, it would be game over. >> yes, tonight's debate doesn't matter as much, last week's debate made. but a certain kind of element and momentum is forming. and if, say, joe biden had a miserable night and we had a couple of other days about the news stories on what happened to the obama administration, if they lost their mojo or moves, it could be -- one doesn't think -- >> and i like the guy and his style. he could have a brilliant debate....
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his debate performance, he did a good job in the debates. >> mitt romney's campaign ran 3,276 ads in florida. 99% were negative. is that really healthy for the american political discourse that is so unrelentingly negative? wouldn't it be better for the party to have at least some positivity creeping in here? >> i think when people go to the polls, here's what they say. what's good for my family? each family in florida, they say they want their kids to get a great education. they want to make sure they have the opportunity for a job. they want to keep the cost of living low. i think they look at this and say, we can't continue having a country with the second highest corporate tax rates in the world, more regulation at the federal level than anywhere else in the world. they're looking at this race and saying, we need a candidate that's going to help turn our economy around and do what we're doing in florida. we generate 141,000 private sector jobs. floridians believe in the private sector. they know that jobs are created by companies. so they want somebody in washington, and i think
his debate performance, he did a good job in the debates. >> mitt romney's campaign ran 3,276 ads in florida. 99% were negative. is that really healthy for the american political discourse that is so unrelentingly negative? wouldn't it be better for the party to have at least some positivity creeping in here? >> i think when people go to the polls, here's what they say. what's good for my family? each family in florida, they say they want their kids to get a great education. they...
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. >> i am a much better debater than iert romney or santorum. >> each day, we move closer not just to victory, but to a better america. join us. join us. together, we're going to ensure that america's greatest days are still ahead. >> the battle of the gop. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. it's a big night for mitt romney. let's take a look at tonight's results. romney way ahead in the lead. listen to a tough talking mitt romney. >> so tonight was a primary. but november is the general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. i'm running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this mess. >> so mitt romney rolls in illinois. a crucial win for him. here to talk about it is cnn's top team. >> i think a pretty significant night for mitt romney. in the general context, are we nearing the tipping point? >> yes, i think it's a very present day for mitt romney. it's not over yet fo
. >> i am a much better debater than iert romney or santorum. >> each day, we move closer not just to victory, but to a better america. join us. join us. together, we're going to ensure that america's greatest days are still ahead. >> the battle of the gop. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. it's a big night for mitt romney. let's take a look at tonight's results. romney way ahead in the lead. listen to a tough talking mitt romney. >> so tonight was a...
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for me, i was very much swayed by that first debate, where i felt romney for the first time was presidential. i thought he was authoritative and i may be completely wrong but i felt he was moving back to his moderate roots and i will never for the life of me understand obama's performance in that debate which was dismissive and arrogant, not simply to the debate itself but to 70 million americans who were watching. was he better in the second and third debate? there's no question about it. but you know obama, he said it was going to be 5.4% unemployment. it hasn't happened. obama, he says he's going to raise taxes on the wealthy. okay, fine. what else is in his economic plan? restoring manufacturing? it's a phantom. it's a phantom in the united states. wind farms? what are his plans? i don't see any plans and i don't think he's earned the right to a second term. by the way, chles, middle class income has dropped $4,000. >> let's bring you in, kristen. try to be dispassionate here. i know you're not so it will be quite hard for you. in terms of why people should vote for romney, i suppose wha
for me, i was very much swayed by that first debate, where i felt romney for the first time was presidential. i thought he was authoritative and i may be completely wrong but i felt he was moving back to his moderate roots and i will never for the life of me understand obama's performance in that debate which was dismissive and arrogant, not simply to the debate itself but to 70 million americans who were watching. was he better in the second and third debate? there's no question about it. but...
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romney's former debate coach, welcome. why did you and romney part ways? and now you got him back on track? >> well, i'm not going to comment on the details on what happened with the romney campaign but i was very honored to be able to work with him. and, you know, sometimes the role of advisers is way overblown. at the end of the day it's the candidates that have to go out there, do the debates, do the interview, give the speech. and i think mitt romney's proved that he's more than capable in debates. he had a great debate last week against rick and newt and ron paul and i think he's proved that is why he is the victor this evening. he won that debate and the florida debates. six in ten voters said the debate mattered to them in making their mind up. >> it wasn't a massive victory for mitt romney, even in michigan, his own state. why is he struggling to submit this front-runner position? >> this race has been all about momentum and a lag between some of the contests that you saw between rick santorum won four states before these two contests and a h he wa
romney's former debate coach, welcome. why did you and romney part ways? and now you got him back on track? >> well, i'm not going to comment on the details on what happened with the romney campaign but i was very honored to be able to work with him. and, you know, sometimes the role of advisers is way overblown. at the end of the day it's the candidates that have to go out there, do the debates, do the interview, give the speech. and i think mitt romney's proved that he's more than...